WebMD (7/14, Laino) reported that, according to a study presented at an international conference on Alzheimer’s, the “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet,” a “low-fat, high-fiber diet recommended for lowering blood pressure, may help prevent memory loss and sharpen mental skills.” For the study, researchers at Utah State University analyzed data on “3,831 people 65 and older with no signs of dementia.” At study start, participants “filled out a 142-item food questionnaire asking what they ate and how often they ate it. Based on their adherence to the components of the DASH diet, the participants were divided into five groups, or quintiles.” The investigators found that “those in the highest quintile had the best cognitive functioning at the beginning of the study and the least decline in mental skills over time.” The authors said that “the best foods at curbing mental decline” included “vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, and nuts and legumes.”
DASH diet may help prevent memory loss, research suggests.
July 15, 2009 by abrandemihl
DASH diet has limitless health benefits. Its full form is Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. It has many health benefits like it helps curbing damaging high levels of blood pressure, reduces cholesterol levels to name a few. The better a person sticks to the DASH diet, lesser will be the pace of mental down slide.